Figure 1From: Brachydactyly E: isolated or as a feature of a syndromeRadiographs of hands (A) and feet (B) of a non adult individual with heterozygous mutation in HOXD13 (OMIM#113300) (courtesy of Dr. Aleksander Jamsheer). Shortening and widening of IV and V metacarpals are more evident in right; I, IV and V distal brachyphalangy, and mild clynodactyly of the distal phalanx of II and V, in left hand. In the feet, note asymmetrical shortening of the metatarsals: in right feet II, III, IV are shortened and in the left one, only III and IV. Note also, the clynodactyly of right hallux.Back to article page